Experts Guide for Media

Topic: Bioterrorism

Matthew L. Boulton, MD, MPH

served as lead scientist/epidemiologist overseeing communicable disease control, immunization programs, environmental health, and vital records and health statistics for the state of Michigan.

Research interests include public health systems/services, surveillance and field investigation of infectious diseases, uses of isolation and quarantine, assessment of the public health workforce, and public health in China.

Founded and serves as Director of the SPH China CDC Scholar Exchange; collaborating with the China CDC in Tianjin and Beijing to facilitate scholar exchange, joint applied research which is supported by a $3.6 million/5 year NIH grant. Heads UM's Preventive Medicine Residency, which teaches doctors to understand health and disease on a population level as opposed to in individuals. Program received a $2.25 million dollar grant from the federal government in 2010 to expand its preventive medicine residency to help combat the expected shortfall of primary care physicians.

Directs CDC/HRSA-funded Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce Studies.